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John Knowles
| Age: | 18 |
| Died: | 27th Oct 1892 |
| Accident: | 27th Oct 1892 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1874 |
| Colliery: | Whitehaven, Croft Pit |
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| Occupation: | [Not employed] |
| Notes: | was engaged by a butcher in Whitehaven to drive two cows to a farm in the neighbourhood, and in passing over a self-acting incline which led up to Croft Pit the animals got alarmed and rushed into an adjoining brick-yard; deceased was driving them back across the incline when he noticed that the waggons were approaching, and in his endeavours to get the cows out of danger was caught by the waggons and cut to pieces |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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- 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 13 Where to find this report
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| darren knowles | 21 Aug 2014 |
family history, tesearch of a john knowles in my family tree, may or may not have been the father |
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